Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Augusta fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Augusta peaked in September 2011 at 9.5% and is now 0.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Augusta unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Georgia	9.7%	-0.1	-0.7
Augusta	9.1%	-0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Augusta, Georgia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Augusta, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Augusta peaked in September 2011 at 24,753. There are now 1,145 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Augusta employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Augusta, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Augusta	23,608	-446	+50

Number of Unemployed Persons

Augusta, Georgia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Georgia Unemployment Rate	Augusta Unemployment Rate	Augusta Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	9.1%	23,608
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	9.2%	24,054
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	9.4%	24,729
September 2011	9.0%	10.3%	9.5%	24,753
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	9.4%	24,377
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	9.3%	24,045
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	9.1%	23,673
May 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.9%	22,917
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.8%	22,711
March 2011	8.9%	10.0%	8.8%	22,720
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	8.9%	23,013
January 2011	9.1%	10.3%	9.0%	23,338